The correct answer might be to exclude a folder or

set. The “correct answer” might be to exclude a folder or files that match a particular filename
pattern with some unneeded data in the current backup set. You do this on the Exclusions tab
of the Advanced Settings dialog box, as shown in Figure 3-5.
FIGURE 3-5
Excluding .mp3 files from a backup set

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CONFIGURING VSS SeTTINGS
The other tab—VSS Settings—is shown in Figure 3-6. Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS)
is the background service that, among other important functions, allows Windows Server
Backup to create backups of all files, even ones which are locked by applications. All backups
performed by Windows Server Backup are VSS backups, so these settings are always applied
when the backup you’re currently defining is performed.
The two options are:
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VSS Full Backup With this setting, the files you back up are marked as backed up in
the application log file. This option is appropriate when you are not using any other
backup application.
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VSS Copy Backup This is the default selection. With this option, the backed-up
files are not marked up as backed up, so the backup doesn’t interfere with any other
backup applications.
FIGURE 3-6
Choosing the type of VSS backup
Destination type
After you choose which items to back up and make any desired exclusions and changes to
VSS settings, you need to specify a location to store the backup.
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Back Up To A Dedicated Hard Disk This option is available only for scheduled
backups. If you have a spare physical hard disk, this option offers the best performance

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for storing backups. Writing to the dedicated disk doesn’t interfere with any other I/O
operations.
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Back Up To A Volume This option is also available only for scheduled backups and
applies to non-dedicated volumes and mapped network drives, not optical drives such
as DVD drives.
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Local Drives This option is available only with the Backup Once option. It is similar
to the Back Up To A Volume option, except that you can also burn the backup to an
optical drive.
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Remote Shared Folder This option is available for both the scheduled backups and
immediate backups. An important limitation of saving to a remote shared folder is that
you can only store one backup at the remote location. Any existing backups found at
the network path are overwritten by the new backup.
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Remember that backing up to a remote shared folder overwrites the previous backup.
performance settings
Performance settings are configured in the Windows Server Backup console, not the Backup
Schedule Wizard or the Backup Once Wizard. The performance settings allow you to make
backup operations quicker, at the expense of a longer restore operation. To view performance
settings, click Configure Performance Settings in the Actions pane of the console, as shown in
Figure 3-7. This opens the Optimize Backup Performance dialog box, shown in Figure 3-8.